Dad's Army podcast

Happy New Year everyone! And welcome to the first Dad's Army podcast of 2010.

This month Oliver and I catch up on the Dad’s Army news and spend pretty much the remainder of the podcast going through the loads of fantastic feedback we’ve received. You really have been very busy sending in your views and its humbling when I consider the amount of time and effort you have all put into airing your opinions via the podcast.

I am also pleased to include a superb piece recorded especially for the podcast by Dave Homewood. Dave introduces himself during this episode and has a rich history in Dad’s Army fandom. His website is http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/ and follow the Dad’s Army link.

Next month will be a commentary podcast on The Honourable Man – feel free to send in your thoughts about this episode.

Please keep your views coming in – james@dadsarmypodcast.com is the email address to get in touch. Our twitter page is www.twitter.com/dadsarmypodcast.

Hope you enjoy the show.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Pull up a chair, make a toasted cheese supper and see if Walker has a spare bottle of whiskey handy – this is our 2009 Christmas special!

Oliver joins me once again and together we commentate on Turkey Dinner – the unofficial festive edition of Dad’s Army. Why Turkey Dinner gets shown as Christmas is anybody’s guess as it has nothing to do with Christmas and certainly does not appear to be set in winter! If you have any ideas then send them in to me at james@dadsarmypodcast.com!

In the meantime, have a great Christmas and we’ll be back with a regular episode in late January. Oh, and keep an ear out for a special Christmas message from a mystery man of the cloth!

Enjoy the show.

And welcome to a very special episode of the Dad’s Army podcast.

This episode of the show features coverage of the ‘Vicar n Chips’ event held in London on 21 November this year. We bring you Frank’s interview in its entirety – that’s over an hour Frank spent talking to Tony and I, along with brief interviews with the producer and director Frank has been working with recently.

We also feature a snippet of Frank’s interview with Radio London and some clips of Frank’s more recent acting work.

You can see Frank on his very own YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/frankwilliamstv
The event and this podcast is the culmination of an incredible amount of work put into organising the event, and my thanks go to Oliver Crocker and Paul Carpenter for their invaluable help in putting the evening together.

Don’t forget to check out a review of the evening over on the podcast’s blog www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.com and please send you feedback to us at james@dadsarmypodcast.com

Enjoy the show!

Welcome to Episode 40 of the Dad’s Army podcast.

This time around we interview Nicolas Ridley, Arnold’s son and discuss many aspects of Arnold’s life and career. Of course Nicolas is able to provide a unique insight into the life of his father and talks about Arnold’s involvement in both world wars, his outlook on life and his attitude towards fame.

Nicolas has recently written a book about his father called Godfrey’s Ghost: From Father to Son. I really enjoyed the book – for me, it stands out from the other books you may have read about the stars from Dad’s Army, partly because of the way it is told and partly as you know the facts that are given in the texts are indisputable.

You can win a signed copy of the book by answering the question Nicolas asks at the end of the interview – email your entries to james@dadsarmypodcast.com and include the words ‘Godfrey’s Ghost’ in the subject line.

Alternatively, you can buy Nicolas’ book from Amazon or other on-line retailers, or find out more about it from Mogzilla Life’s webpage http://www.mogzilla.co.uk/godfreysghost.

We’ll be back in December for coverage of the Vicar and Chips event with Frank Williams being held on the 21st November 2009 – for more details visit the podcast’s blog – www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.com

In the meantime, enjoy the show and send your feedback to me at james@dadsarmypodcast.com

This special mini-podcast is to give you a flavour of what is to come at the forthcoming event, 'An Evening with Frank Williams' that is taking place on 21 November 2009 in Kentish Town in London.

The event will see the premier of the full, un-cut version of 'Dad's Army and Beyond: The Frank Williams Story'. Frank will be present for a Q&A session after the screening.

For full details, including how to book, head on over to www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.com

The next full podcast will be out mid-November - in the meantime, keep your feedback coming in - james@dadsarmypodcast.com is the way to get your voice heard on the show.

Hello and welcome to podcast number 39. This is an additional episode to normal schedule, and features a commentary on series nine’s Number Engaged.

The idea is that you watch the episode with the sound down and subtitles on at the same time you listen to this podcast.

As this has been the first commentary for some time, I have recorded a brief intro too which should help you sync the episode on your DVD/Computer with the commentary.

Oliver Crocker joins me for this podcast, and I have to say that his knowledge and ability recall facts about Dad’s Army facts is far superior to my own! Ah well, he’s younger than me!

Please send your feedback to james@dadsarmypodcast.com – pretty much all feedback is read out on a future show.

Enjoy the podcast.

Welcome to the latest edition of the Dad’s Army podcast.

This month we continue to sift through the vast swathes of feedback that fills up our mailbag – thank you so much to listeners who have sent in e-mails over the last month – it really is very much appreciated. This month’s feedback includes Morris dancing, Dad’s Army in the United States and Mrs Mainwaring’s bottom – although not in that order!

Remember to vote for either Number Engaged or Everybody’s Trucking – podcast 39 will be out in couple of weeks and will form a commentary on whichever these two episodes gets the most votes! Register your vote by sending an e-mail to me at james@dadsarmypodcast.com or by leaving a ‘tweet’ for me on Twitter where my username is dadsarmypodcast.

Remember to take a look at Katie’s new James Beck website - http://www.jamesbeckonline.co.uk/

Enjoy the show!

Hello and welcome to Episode 37 of the Dad’s Army podcast.
Lots of really interesting news this month – we announce the first event that the Dad’s Army podcast has had a hand in organising (along with the Appreciation Society) and that’s a ‘Vicar and Chips’ evening being held in November 2009 with none other than Frank Williams. Tune in to find out more! We also cover the imminent publication of Nicolas Ridley’s book about his father (Arnold Ridley, Pte Godfrey) and review Ian Lavender’s recent interview on LBC Radio.

All that, and loads of feedback! We finally go through the podcast’s mailbag and read the vast swathes of e-mails listeners have sent in. Along with a short review of The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones, what more could you possibly want?!

Oh, I made a rather big error when discussing Everybody’s Trucking – I mistook it for Number Engaged! Apologies, and I will address on the September podcast.

The urls mentioned in the promos that feature in this episode are:

The Box Room: http://theboxroom.mevio.com/
Waffle On podcast: http://waffleon.podbean.com/
The Flashing Blade podcast: http://www.flashingblade.org.uk/

Enjoy the show.

Welcome once again to another edition of the Dad’s Army podcast.

This month we bring you an absolutely jammed-packed episode full of features. Frank Williams and Oliver Crocker join me to discuss the vicar-centric episode The Recruit. We also feature the speeches made by Bill Pertwee, David Croft, Jimmy Perry, Harold Snoad, Philip Madoc, John Clegg, Michael Knowles and Frank once again at the Dad’s Army Appreciation Society’s Members Meal. If that wasn’t enough we also go through the most recent Dad’s Army news. Given this podcast runs at just over an hour, the feedback section I mention in the intro will now feature in podcast 37 which is due for an August release.

Don’t forget to check out all the news stories we mention on the Dad’s Army podcast’s blog at www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.com and follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/dadsarmypodcast

As always, please send your feedback to me at james@dadsarmypodcast.com.

Enjoy the show.

Colin Bean, who played Private Sponge, passed away on Saturday 20 June 2009. Sponge featured in 76 of the 80 episodes and was No 2 section’s leader.

Colin was a great advocate of everything Dad's Army stands for and his presence at Dad's Army events will be sorely missed.

Colin even suggested a story to the writers that centred around the platoon helping harvest a wheat crop as he had seen Home Guard members do when he was young. The result was 1972s All Is Safely Gathered In - a highly regarded episode to this day and remembered for Jones antics with a threshing machine.

Rest in peace Colin, and thank you for contributing to what so many perceive as a phenominal piece of comedy gold.

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